Tag: Humanoid Robots

At the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) this week, Japanese researchers presented a novel idea of how to cool humanoid robots in a much more efficient way: Design them to be able to sweat water straight out of their bones.

The humanoid robot Atlas balancing on a line contact (plywood edge approx. 2cm thick). This video was recorded during a lucky run, usually the robot is not able to maintain balance for this long. The shaking is caused by poor state estimation (we only use onboard sensors). The control algorithm is developed by IHMC the …

Hitachi has developed EMIEW since 2005, and now released the third version in the series. This model has a top speed of 3.7 kilometers per hour. It has a so called “remote brain” with embedded sensors and access to external cameras in the building. These provide the robot with all the information necessary for an …

This video summarized the developments with the ADROIT Manipulation Platform along the lines of hardware capabilities and manipulation behaviors. Video posted by Vikash Kumar, who is a graduate student at CSE, University of Washington’s Movement Control Lab.

This version of Atlas can walk over rough terrain without safety cables, it runs on battery power, it can squat and pick up boxes, open doors, if pushed violently with a hockey stick it maintains its balance. Perhaps its most incredible accomplishment, it can stand back up after falling down. A new version of Atlas, …

Researchers from MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering have designed an interface that takes advantage of a human’s split-second reflexes allowing a humanoid to maintain its balance and complete tasks. (Learn more: ) Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT Additional footage courtesy of the researchers

The new Terminator movie comes out on July 1. Would we ever see killer robots so advanced? Probably. But looking at DARPA’s 2015 robot challenge, it looks like it’s going to take a loooooong time. Just don’t laugh too loud or they will kill come back to kill you in a couple of decades.